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The philosophers' quarrel [electronic resource] : Rousseau, Hume, and the limits of human understanding / Robert Zaretsky, John T. Scott.
Author
Zaretsky, Robert, 1955-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2009.
Description
1 online resource (264 p.)
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Available Online
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Subject(s)
Enlightenment
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778
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Hume, David 1711-1776
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Scott, John T., 1963-
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Summary note
The rise and spectacular fall of the friendship between the two great philosophers of the eighteenth century, barely six months after they first met, reverberated on both sides of the Channel. As the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume unraveled, a volley of rancorous letters was fired off, then quickly published and devoured by aristocrats, intellectuals, and common readers alike. Everyone took sides in this momentous dispute between the greatest of Enlightenment thinkers.In this lively and revealing book, Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott explore the unfolding rift between Rousseau and Hume. The authors are particularly fascinated by the connection between the thinkers' lives and thought, especially the way that the failure of each to understand the other-and himself-illuminates the limits of human understanding. In addition, they situate the philosophers' quarrel in the social, political, and intellectual milieu that informed their actions, as well as the actions of the other participants in the dispute, such as James Boswell, Adam Smith, and Voltaire. By examining the conflict through the prism of each philosopher's contribution to Western thought, Zaretsky and Scott reveal the implications for the two men as individuals and philosophers as well as for the contemporary world.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-238) and index.
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English
Contents
An enlightenment quarrel
The wild philosopher
The Great Scot
The Lord of Ferney
Le Bon David
A stone's throw from Paris
First impressions
A public spectacle
Poses and impostures
Hume, Judge of Le Bon David
An enlightenment tragedy
So great a noise
How philosophers die.
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ISBN
1-282-35162-1
0-300-15624-3
9786612351624
1-282-08876-9
9786612088766
OCLC
666928547
923594196
1028941194
Doi
10.12987/9780300156249
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